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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective partys primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5. Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective partys primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 47 Tennessee SB 47 (110)
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Tennessee SB 47 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, reorders the presidential primary ballots to allow for candidates for state, county, and municipal offices to immediately follow the names of the presidential candidates; increases the number of vertical columns for each respective partys primary election on the ballot from two to three. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13 and Title 2, Chapter 5.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 1/31/2017 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 2/6/2017 Passed — 320 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2017 Passed — 950 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Massey — primary (person)
  • Zachary — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-12 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-01-17 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-01-25 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/31/2017
  • 2017-01-30 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2017-01-31 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2017-02-01 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2017-02-01 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2017
  • 2017-02-01 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-01 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-02 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/6/2017
  • 2017-02-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2017-02-06 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2017-02-06 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0001)
  • 2017-02-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2017-02-08 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/14/2017
  • 2017-02-14 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-22 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
  • 2017-02-23 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2017
  • 2017-02-27 Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2017-02-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0002) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2017-02-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2017-02-27 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2017-02-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2017-03-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2017-03-06 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2017-03-07 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2017-03-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-04-04 Pub. Ch. 1
  • 2017-04-04 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
  • 2017-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a575587a-1de5-43da-8d59-e8f1b61a07eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).